Celestial Empire

Celestial Empire

President Studio · September 23, 2025 · Strategy, Simulation, City Builder, Sandbox, RTS

Buy Celestial Empire from Steam at $19.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $15.39
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Celestial Empire price by region

Celestial Empire costs £17.99 in the United Kingdom, $19.99 in the United States, €19.99 in Europe (EUR), $19.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$26.99 in Canada, A$29.99 in Australia, NZ$29.99 in New Zealand, R$59.99 in Brazil and zł70.00 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Celestial Empire offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £17.99 £17.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $19.99 $19.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €19.99 €19.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $19.99 $19.99 — 1
Canada CA$26.99 CA$26.99 — 1
Australia A$29.99 A$29.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$29.99 NZ$29.99 — 1
Brazil R$59.99 R$59.99 — 1
Poland zł70.00 zł70.00 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Celestial Empire

Immerse yourself in the world of Ancient China and build your dream cities on one of the hand-crafted maps. It will sit where stunning nature and fantastical setting mix with urban planning. Watch the season change as your settlement grows from a few buildings with peasants to a bustling city worthy of the Emperor's visit. After your appointment as the Governor of this land, people’s lives are in your hands. You must fulfill the Emperor’s wish and bring prosperity to the city. Making decisions is no funny business; as there are more people, your citizens' needs grow bigger. As the governor, you must deliver their requests or face unhappy residents. ㅤ
ㅤㅤCreate efficient production chains and provide for your city. The infrastructure prepared for your city will run everything smoothly. Seek out perfect spots to extract natural resources and place your food production on the ideal plot of land. If you succeed in planning everything out, even the most catastrophic weather conditions and harshest winters won’t be able to destroy your city.ㅤThe Emperor's blessing allows you to join the trade routes and cooperate with other settlements for resources and materials. You can send out caravans and trade with friendly cities around you.ㅤWorshiping the right gods is always a tricky business, so building positive relationships with all of them may benefit your citizens. Gods' blessings and miracles are powerful gifts that will help your cities grow bigger. Unfortunately, the supernatural has a darker side, demons bring sorrow and fear into the hearts of your citizens.ㅤㅤ The greatness is built stone by stone and brick by brick, one new building at a time. Research new technologies, advancing through multiple tiers that offer new opportunities. Upgrade your housing, fulfill the needs of your citizens and watch as they grow from simple peasants to respected craftsmen, scholars and lavish representatives of the upper class. ㅤJump into the beautiful world of Celestial Empire! Plan, develop, and grow magnificent cities, which will bring your pride and joy on every stage of your governing journeys.

Celestial Empire — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise this as an engaging city builder with satisfying progression, beautiful graphics, and successful tweaks to the Anno formula like individual building upgrades and better decoration mechanics. Common complaints include some balancing quirks (faith points becoming less relevant late-game, odd pricing relationships), occasional bugs that require workarounds, limited map sizes for some players, and mechanics like miracles and the god system being initially confusing or under-explained.

Recommended Aug 19, 2026
its a lot of fun. i play thousands of hours of ANNO games and this has similar controls, so you don't have to learn everything new. they have a cool progress map where you unlock inventions and ornaments. i'll probably play a few hundred hours at least.
5 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 22, 2026
It's a well optimized good city builder game with Chinese mythology. I love it. The devteam is actively update it, the translation is good, so i can only recommend the game. :)
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
Nice game, similar to Anno-series. Has some nice puzzling-aspects and efficieny boosters. The game misses on the replayability aspect, so 1-2 playtrhough will finishes the game and achievements. Could use some more maps and there are some QoL things missing in the trading, resources and GUI.
Recommended Aug 30, 2026
有一说一,游戏是做的不错,唯一想不明白的是为什么阶级越高,人数越多呢,感觉不是很符合社会人口结构。。。房屋升级能不能走两种路线,一种是提高容量,另一种是提升阶层呢?
Recommended Aug 30, 2026
Really enjoying Celestial Empire so far! I love the ancient Chinese setting, and watching my little settlement grow into a bustling city is very satisfying. Planning neighbourhoods and getting production chains working keeps me coming back. Definitely worth a look if you enjoy city builders!
Recommended Aug 22, 2026
Good game for the genre.

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